type: codesystemcodesystem: specimen-role

Specimen Role

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/specimen-role
Version: 6.0.0
Status: active
Name: SpecimenRole
Title: Specimen Role
Publisher: HL7 (FHIR Project)
Description: Codes providing the combined status of the specimen.
Case Sensitive: true
Content: complete

Concepts

Code	Display	Definition
b	Blind Sample	Used to test the validity of the measurement process, where the composition of the sample is unknown except to the person submitting it.
c	Calibrator	Used for initial setting of calibration of the instrument.
e	Electronic QC	Used with manufactured reference providing signals that simulate QC results.
f	Filler Organization Proficiency	Specimen used for testing proficiency of the organization performing the testing (Filler).
o	Operator Proficiency	Specimen used for testing Operator Proficiency.
p	Patient	Used for any patient sample.
q	Control specimen	Used when specimen is the control specimen (either positive or negative).
r	Replicate (of patient sample as a control)	Used when a patient sample is re-run as a control for a repeat test.
v	Verifying Calibrator	Used for periodic calibration checks.

CodeSystem XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="specimen-role"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="oo"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="2"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/specimen-role"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.2060"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="SpecimenRole"/>
  <title value="Specimen Role"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="Codes providing the combined status of the specimen."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/specimen-role"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="b"/>
    <display value="Blind Sample"/>
    <definition value="Used to test the validity of the measurement process, where the composition of the sample is unknown except to the person submitting it."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="c"/>
    <display value="Calibrator"/>
    <definition value="Used for initial setting of calibration of the instrument."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="e"/>
    <display value="Electronic QC"/>
    <definition value="Used with manufactured reference providing signals that simulate QC results."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="f"/>
    <display value="Filler Organization Proficiency"/>
    <definition value="Specimen used for testing proficiency of the organization performing the testing (Filler)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="o"/>
    <display value="Operator Proficiency"/>
    <definition value="Specimen used for testing Operator Proficiency."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="p"/>
    <display value="Patient"/>
    <definition value="Used for any patient sample."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="q"/>
    <display value="Control specimen"/>
    <definition value="Used when specimen is the control specimen (either positive or negative)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="r"/>
    <display value="Replicate (of patient sample as a control)"/>
    <definition value="Used when a patient sample is re-run as a control for a repeat test."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="v"/>
    <display value="Verifying Calibrator"/>
    <definition value="Used for periodic calibration checks."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>